21 Weeks Pregnant

Hello All.....

Haven't written a blog in quite some time, but here has what has been going on. Larry, Rilee and I traveled 1700 miles in two days and spent time with his family for a couple of days and then traveled another 500 miles to Oregon where we stayed thank the lord! The trip was "interesting" we traveled 10 hours the first day to Tucumcari, New Mexico where we stopped, because Rilee was like "Get me out of this CAR" so we stopped and got this wonderful motel room where they gave us a restaurant style breakfast for free the next morning so Larry and I were thrilled.

The second day was another "interesting" day. We got to Flagstaff, Arizona where Rilee pooped all over herself and so we had a weapons of mass destruction to take care of there. We walked around in their grocery store for a while so Rilee could stretch her legs, and then we were on our way. She fell asleep in Flagstaff and did not wake up until we reached Miriam's house in Mariposa, California. We were so blessed to have such a good sleeper on this trip!

We got to Miriam's and we were so happy to finally be there to relax for 5 days and then back to reality when we had to go for another 8 hour car drive to Oregon. We got here and it has been wonderful. We got a wonderful room that my mom provided for us and we finally feel like we have settled. We have gotten used to the time change which is nice, and Larry started work the Monday after we got here and he seems to like it so that is way better! He said the depot that is here in Oregon is so different then the one that was in Arkansas they are not as hell bent on having their guys work 14 hour days and even if they don't make their numbers work on Saturdays. His depot manager said that he doesn't care what time they start as long as their final sale time is at 9 pm they can come back after that and be able to spend time with their family and they won't have to work on Saturday even if they don't make their numbers which is nice.

As for my pregnancy it is going really well. I set up my appointments for my new OBGYN and I have to take a Glucose Tolerance test sometime before the 26th of January which I am not looking forward to because that stuff is GROSS! Reagan weighs between 10 and 11 ounces and is approximately 7 inches long—the size of a bottle of root beer which is awesome because I am feeling her more and more everyday! She looks like a mini-version of what she'll look like when she's born. All her facial features are formed and hair is growing on her head. Which if she is anything like her Big sister she will have a lot of it!

Rilee is loving being around her grammy she follows her around like she is my mom's "mini me". And my mom loving having her around! Rilee loves being around the dogs and especially the cat my mom has! She was caught pulling the cat's ears and the poor cats eyes were so far back it didn't know what to do haha. Again we are so happy to be here and please continue to pray for our family and everything that we have to accomplish in this next year. God Bless You All!

The Allen Family